An early rise and a check of the trap before leaving for
Yorkshire produced a small catch of moths but did include my first Spruce
Carpet.
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| Spruce Carpet |
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| Common Carpet |
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| Garden Carpet |
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| Eudonia angustea |
The route across country was trouble free and by just after
8.30 I was pulling into the car park at Frampton Marshes. I have only been here the once – with Pat
during the July lockdown break and spent a pleasant couple of hours walking the
circuit.
The pools were alive with breeding birds; island covered in
Avocets, Black-headed and Med Gulls, broods of Mute Swans, Canada and Greylag
Geese, displaying and brooding Lapwings, Oystercatchers, Redshanks, Ringed and
Little Ringed Plovers.
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| Black-tailed Godwit |
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| Avocets & Greylag family |
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| Ringed Plover |
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| Oystercatcher |
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| Greylag Geese |
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| Lapwing |
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| Med Gull |
Closer to the sea wall there was a 2cy Little Gull and Common
Terns were setting up home and performing exaggerated display flights and a
selection of other waders were on the shallow pools with Black-tailed Godwits,
Whimbrels, the best part of 200 Dunlin with single Turnstone, Little Stint and
Curlew Sandpiper amongst them. The last
four were all in summer plumage. I could not find the Lesser Yellowlegs but
made up for it by locating the Red-breasted Goose on the closest bit of
saltmarsh having watched them fly in all the way from the farthest edge of the
distant hazy Wash.
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| Turnstone |
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| Dunlin |
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| Dunlin |
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| Red-breasted Goose |
My second or third this year and always a delight to
see. Some of the geese came onto the
inside marsh but not the RBG. I walked back with Reed and Sedge Warblers in the track side
reeds and a couple of Yellow Wagtails flew over.
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| Reed Bunting |
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| Reed Bunting |
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| Sedge Warbler |
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| Reed Warbler |
It was now 11.45 and hot and hazy and after a
cuppa we pressed on through the flatland countryside around Boston before
climbing up into the Lincolnshire Wolds. Lunch was taken at Barton-on-Humber
with the mighty Humber Bridge stretching before us.
News of two White-Winged Black Terns at nearby North Cave on
the north side of the river required a small diversion but it was worth it and
within a couple of minutes of arriving I had both in view as they dipped down
over the old gravel pits. Much closer
views than my recent Lesvos ones!
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| White-Winged Black Tern |
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| White-Winged Black Tern |
An adult Med Gull and 2cy Common Gull were seen amongst the
BHGs along with a good selection of breeding waders with LRPs, Redshank,
Lapwing, Oystercatchers and Avocets along with my first Greenshank of the day.
Willow Warblers sang and it was a pity no one mentioned the
Savi’s Warbler that was also on site.
The warmth was bringing out the insects with Orange Tips, Azure & Blue-tailed Damselflies, Hairy Hawkers and Red & Black Leafhoppers all seen around the
Nettles and Brambles.
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| Blue-tailed Damselfly |
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| Pisaura mirabilis |
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| Crosswort |
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| Wasp Beetle |
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| Empis tessellata |
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| Kentish Snail |
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| Red & Black Leafhopper |
Red Kites and Buzzards drifted over and Sand Martins and
Swifts were seen too before it was time to move on again.
Check in at the Filey Bay village was not till 5pm allowing
time to drive the farmland lanes around Buckton where Yellow Wagtails,
Yellowhammers and Corn Buntings obliged and Hares lolloped and danced.
There was even time for a quick Bempton fix although it was
a little chilly but all the Auks, Kittiwakes and Gannets put on a show for me
with the car park Tree Sparrows. A final
wander around the ‘village’ after dinner took me down to the beach just north
of Hunmanby Gap where a Short-eared Owl was lazily heading south along the
cliff top and both Whitethroats were in song.
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| Puffins |
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| Gannets |
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| Short-eared Owl |
A drive out late on gave a glimmer of the aurora but it was cold and windy and we did
not stay out quite long enough and a long day got the better me and the
skyscape show enjoyed by so many others was missed.
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| If only I had stayed out longer |
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